The Everything Learning German Book: Speak, write, and understand basic German in no time

by Edward Swick

Order "das beste Bier" at Oktoberfest
Hitch a ride on "der Autobahn "
Say "?Wilkommen?" to your "neuen deutschen Freunde "Learning to "sprechen Sie Deutsches" is fun?and far easier than you might think. German and English are closely related?you already know "viele Phrasen " With this guide, you will make sense of this fascinating language in no time.

This practical, hands-on "Buch" comes with easy-to-understand lessons, useful exercises, and a CD for pronunciation help. Building on the German language's close relation to English, this all-new edition covers everything from basic introductions to verb conversions. You will learn to:


"Ich m?chte ein Berliner, bitte." Order food with ease.
"Wie viel kostet der K?se?" Ask how much items cost.
"Der Vater kaufte seinem Sohn ein Fahrrad." Understand direct and indirect objects.
"viel / mehr / am meisten." Use superlatives to communicate more effectively.
"Der Ball wird von dem Mann geschlagen." Know when to use passive voice.
Whether you want to sample "das stoutest Lager" or converse with your grandparents in their native tongue, you?ll soon discover just how easy it is to learn German This edition includes completely new material on:


Rules of spelling and punctuation
Appropriate language for correspondence in German, including e-mail
Updated exercises

Genres: German Literature, Language, Nonfiction, Reference

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003

Reviews

[Carlos]

This book was quite a good introduction to the language for anyone who is wholly unfamiliar with the German language. It was also made particularly easy for all the comparisons that it made with English, both in terms of vocabulary and the limited similarities of the grammar. However, one pitfall that the book falls into is the overuse of cognates to the point of neglecting to explain all those words that look like cognates and aren’t like “Also”, “Kuchen”, etc.

[Jeff]

I cannot recommend this book in the Kindle format. The audio CD seems essential and is not included. The print version with the audio CD might be great.

[Jarod Lowe]

This is a workbook used to introduce absolute beginners to German, and should be used as such. It will not teach you German, but it does a very good job at taking someone with zero knowledge (me) and showing them what they're up against. I wouldn't be surprised if this single-handedly took me from A1 to A2, albeit not that that's very impressive. It falls apart a little bit with the more complex ideas towards the end, but I would highly recommend it as a starting point for German study.

[CinderBelle615]

I'd like to brush up on my German, and truth be told, after high school, I forgot everything. So that's why I'm starting with this book. It's a good basic (A1/A2) starter book, and for someone who never has learned this language, it's a good book because of the amount of explanation in English that there is. The amount of vocabulary is good, I mean it IS basic and you can't really expect it to be a dictionary otherwise people would be very turned off by the book, and plus they would have a bunch of vocab and not really know how to use it all. so the amount in this book is good. I do wish I could have gotten more exercises from the book though, but if one is able to pair it up with other resources, that want will be covered. So if you're relearning German or starting for the first time, be sure to use other resources just to cover as many topics as you can and to get more examples else where as well.

[Jessica H.]

This book was an excellent start in my journey to learn the German language.

[Michael Christenson]

Not really written in a way that I can absorb easily. I will definitely have to read and practice it more.

[Rd]

Helped a lot as reference material for my online Duolingo German courses!

[Amit Sharma]

this book keeps the alacrity all the way from the start to finish!